Notable Historical Events on April 13th
April 13th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
837 |
Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years |
989 |
Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas |
1055 |
Bishop Gebhard van Eichstattt named Pope Victor II |
1111 |
Pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholics-German king Hendrik II |
1180 |
Republic day of Gelnhausen |
1204 |
Crusaders occupy Constantinople |
1241 |
Battle at Theiss: Mongols beat Hungarian King Béla IV |
1250 |
The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France is captured. |
1256 |
The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae. |
1346 |
Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy |
1367 |
Battle at Nájera Spain: Castile & England beat Aragon & France |
1517 |
Osmaanse army occupies Cairo |
1556 |
Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope |
1598 |
Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots |
1640 |
English Short Parliament forms (- May 5) |
1668 |
John Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate |
1741 |
Dutch people protest bad quality of bread |
1741 |
Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich |
1742 |
George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" performed for the 1st time at New Music Hall in Dublin |
1759 |
French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen |
1796 |
1st elephant arrives in US from India |
1796 |
Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians |
1808 |
William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance |
1829 |
English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics |
1834 |
HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia |
1842 |
Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope |
1849 |
Hungarian Republic proclaimed |
1860 |
1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif |
1861 |
After 34 hours of bombardment, Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates (US Civil War) |
1863 |
Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) |
1863 |
Hospital for Ruptured & Crippled in NY is 1st orthopedic hospital |
1865 |
Battle of Raleigh, NC |
1865 |
Sherman's march through Georgia begins |
1868 |
Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor commits suicide |
1869 |
Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) |
1870 |
Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC |
1873 |
Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) |
1882 |
Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia |
1883 |
US prospecter Alfred Packer convicted of manslaughter though accused of cannibalism |
1895 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Solitary Cyclist" (BG) |
1896 |
John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan" premieres at the Tremont Theatre in Boston, |
1902 |
J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyo |
1904 |
Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army |
1904 |
Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin |
1904 |
A squadron of the Russian fleet is decoyed out of Port Arthur by Japanese maneuvers, when they realize they are sailing into a trap; their battleship Petropavlovsk hits a mine and sinks, with a loss of 700 men |
1906 |
Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos & Vasco da Gama |
1908 |
Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's & Phillies) |
1909 |
In Constantinople, the primarily Albanian First Army Corps seizes the parliament building and telegraphs offices, forcing the Ottoman statesman Hilmi Pasha to resign |
1911 |
Polo Grounds grandstand & left field bleachers go up in flames |
1911 |
The US House of Representatives votes to institute direct elections of senators to Congress, a step towards direct democracy |
1912 |
Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF) |
1914 |
1st Federal League Game: Balt Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2 |
1918 |
Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital |
1919 |
Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India |
1919 |
British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre) |
1919 |
The Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. |
1920 |
1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed |
1921 |
Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers' Party. |
1923 |
Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships |
1924 |
Greek plebiscite for a republic |
1925 |
Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St NYC |
1926 |
At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout |
1926 |
Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam |
1927 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in 2 games & 2 ties |
1928 |
1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Köhl) |
1932 |
Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms |
1933 |
1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale) |
1933 |
Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 |
1934 |
4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments |
1934 |
US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act |
1936 |
Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece |
1938 |
Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life" premieres in NYC |
1939 |
W Saroyan's "My Heart's in the Highlands" premieres in NYC |
1939 |
In India, the Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British. |
1940 |
2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed |
1940 |
Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft |
1940 |
Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2 |
1941 |
Heavy German assault on Tobruk |
1941 |
Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed. |
1943 |
Catholic University Nijegen closes |
1943 |
FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial |
1943 |
Nazis discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn |
1944 |
South Carolina rejects black suffrage |
1944 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games |
1944 |
Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany |
1944 |
The diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established. |
1945 |
Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Neth from Nazis |
1945 |
Red Army occupies Vienna |
1945 |
US Marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa |
1946 |
Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage & price freeze over |
1946 |
Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama |
1948 |
75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus |
1949 |
3rd NBA Championship: Minn Lakers beat Wash Capitols, 4 games to 2 |
1953 |
1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0 |
1954 |
Balt Orioles 1st game, loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0 |
1954 |
Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game |
1954 |
Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist |
1955 |
20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record) |
1956 |
KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1957 |
"Shinbone Alley" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances |
1957 |
11th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3 |
1957 |
11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night & My Fair Lady win |
1957 |
Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in US is temp halted |
1958 |
12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello & Music Man win |
1958 |
Van Cliburn is the first American to win the Chaikovsky Compettion in Moscow. |
1959 |
USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit |
1959 |
Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) |
1959 |
Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists |
1960 |
France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara |
1960 |
Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit |
1961 |
"Carnival!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 719 performances |
1961 |
UN General Assembly condemns South-Africa's apartheid |
1962 |
Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record |
1962 |
US steel industry forced to give up price increases |
1963 |
Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit |
1963 |
Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game |
1964 |
36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones", Best Film, Sidney Poitier & Patricia Neal win Best Actor/Actress |
1964 |
Ian D Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia |
1964 |
New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day |
1965 |
Beatles record "Help" |
1965 |
1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by NY Sen Jacob Javits |
1965 |
7th Grammy Awards: The Girl From Ipanema, The Beatles wins |
1966 |
Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s |
1969 |
33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281 |
1969 |
Closure of the Brisbane tramway network. |
1970 |
34th Golf Masters Championship: Billy Casper wins, shooting a 279 |
1970 |
Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis freed |
1970 |
Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon |
1970 |
Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation |
1972 |
1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days |
1975 |
39th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 276 |
1975 |
Chad military coup by General Odingar |
1975 |
Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war |
1975 |
Penguins 5-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead |
1976 |
$2 bill re-introduced as US currency |
1976 |
1st NBA playoff game for Cleve Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Wash |
1976 |
Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes |
1978 |
Jackson slugs a 3-run HR in the 1st inning, & the field is showered |
1978 |
NY Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day |
1979 |
Christian Turks occupy St Jansbasiliek |
1979 |
Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours |
1979 |
Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda |
1980 |
"Grease" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 3,388 performances |
1980 |
"Reggae" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 21 performances |
1980 |
44th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 275 |
1980 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic |
1980 |
Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation |
1980 |
US boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow |
1981 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart" |
1981 |
Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax) |
1982 |
Penguins 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Preliminary-Isles win series (3-2) |
1983 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1983 |
Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault |
1984 |
11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth |
1984 |
India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah |
1984 |
Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career |
1985 |
"TASS" denounced US boycott of Moscow Olympics |
1985 |
Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas |
1985 |
Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead |
1985 |
Katrin Dörre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30) |
1985 |
Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania |
1986 |
50th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 279 |
1986 |
Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record |
1986 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic |
1986 |
Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue |
1986 |
Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second |
1987 |
1st 3 SD Padres hit HRs off SF starter Roger Mason |
1987 |
Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999) |
1988 |
Italy government of De Mita forms |
1989 |
"Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 perfs |
1990 |
4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis |
1990 |
Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS |
1990 |
NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1 |
1991 |
BPAA US Open by Pete Weber |
1992 |
"2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 perfs |
1992 |
5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands |
1992 |
American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50% |
1992 |
Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Providence, Denver & Dallas |
1992 |
Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood |
1992 |
Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St John's basketball team |
1992 |
Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2 |
1993 |
"3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances |
1993 |
14th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
1993 |
Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" premieres in London |
1994 |
President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death |
1994 |
Target date for Israeli complete withdrawal, doesn't occur |
1994 |
United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India |
1995 |
Yankees beat the Mets 2-0 |
1996 |
En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61 |
1996 |
Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs NJ Devils from playoff |
1997 |
"American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances |
1997 |
48th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes |
1997 |
61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par) |
1997 |
Hartford Whalers last NHL game |
1997 |
NHL Pitts Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game |
1997 |
Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city Giants vs Mets & Oakland A's vs Yankees in NY |
2002 |
Pedro Carmona, interim president of Venezuela, resigns one day after taking office. |
2003 |
67th Golf Masters Championship: Mike Weir wins, shooting a 281 |
2004 |
Barry Bonds hits his 661st career home run, passing Willie Mays on the all-time list |
2006 |
Powerful tornadoes rip through Iowa City, Iowa. |
2008 |
72nd Golf Masters Championship: Trevor Immelman wins, shooting a 280 |
2012 |
North Korean long range rocket testing ends in failure after the rocket broke up after launch |
2013 |
8 people are killed after a bomb explodes on a bus in Peshawar, Pakistan |
2013 |
20 civilians are killed by the government bombing of Saraqib, Idlib |
2014 |
Kenyan Wilson Kipsang wins the London Marathon |
2014 |
Bubba Watson wins the US Golf Masters |
2014 |
Manny Pacquiao defeats Timothy Bradley to regain his WBO welterweight boxing title |
2016 |
In North Carolina and Mississippi, Backlash Grows Over Rights Law |
2016 |
North Korea Threatens South Korea Over 13 Defectors |
2016 |
US Congress sends Obama bill incentivizing Zika drug development |
2017 |
Russia Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Syria Chemical Attack |
2017 |
St. Louis Sues NFL Over Rams' Departure |
2017 |
ACLU Files 13 Lawsuits For Records Related To Trump's Travel Ban |
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